Mission: Impossible (1966–73 TV series, revived 1988–1989) – missions in the various episodes usually take the form of elaborate con games in which the villains are the marks; series writer William Read Woodfield was a self-professed confidence enthusiast and had read David Maurer's books on the subject.

Bowfinger (1999) - directed by Frank Oz; the film revolves around the scam set up by Steve Martin's character to film a movie with a famed action star without his consent or knowledge.

The movies F/X and F/X2 and the TV spin-off F/X: The Series – each center on a group of special effects specialists helping the law authorities often using cons in the forms of elaborate special effects during the climax to draw the criminals, similar to the cons pulled off by the IMF team in Mission: Impossible.

Liar Game (2007) – Japanese drama which is about an honest college student, receives 100 million yen (about $1,000,000) one day, along with a card saying that she has been chosen to participate in the "Liar Game;" in order to win the game, she must trick other players.

Inception (2010) - directed by Christopher Nolan. A team of con artists use specialized technology to either steal information from, or implant ideas into, a targeted person's subconscious during a shared dream experience.

Sneaky Pete (2017) - created by David Shore and Bryan Cranston. The series follows Marius Josipovic (Giovanni Ribisi), a released convict who adopts the identity of his cell mate, Pete Murphy, in order to avoid his past life. In his new life Pete runs multi-layered confidence tricks with different partners.